Metula

Metula is back: This is what the town that returned from the ruins looks like today

After three years of war, the northern town is trying to bring back travelers with historic hotels and entertainment venues that are welcoming guests once again.

There is almost no sign of the war’s destruction. Metula, October 2026.
Mural in the northern Israel city of Metula, 2026

Reporter's notebook: Hezbollah's flags no longer intimidate Metula's residents

Hunin castle just outside Margaliot and less than 1 kilometer from the Israel-Lebanon border.

Reporter's Notebook: Tourists visit northern Israel as sense of normalcy returns to kibbutzim

Ofra Erlich teaching at Metula.

As schools start in Israel, government pushes for teachers to move up north with NIS 60,000 grant


Six Thai workers injured after undetonated mine explodes in northern Israel

Israel Police responded to the scene of the incident and have begun an investigation into the circumstances of the explosion.

Israel Police respond to the scene of an explosion caused by a previously undetonated ordnance near Metula on August 18, 2026.

Metula's Israeli Poets’ Festival returns to Jerusalem with all disciplinary guns blazing

If your idea of poetry is a neatly rhyming ditty, attending the festival should thoroughly disabuse you of that constricted notion and open up broad new vistas for your literary epiphany enjoyment.

Late poet Amir Gilboa’s rich oeuvre is celebrated at the festival.

As US-Iran peace prospects crumble, return to heavy fighting up to Trump, CENTCOM, Huckabee says

“I wouldn’t be overconfident if I were the Iranians that they will be able to make this work well for them,” Huckabee said.

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee speaks during the Jerusalem Summit, a conference on antisemitism and Christian support for Israel, at the Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Jerusalem, June 11, 2026.

Metula reawakens and calls on the Israelis to return

After a difficult period, Metula is celebrating 130 years and trying to rehabilitate itself – with a renewed Rishonim Street, reopened businesses, and clear Galilean air waiting for travelers.

Metula Council Chairman David Azoulai stands next to the Israeli flag in defiance of the US president setting policy on the northern border, according to his claim